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Collection Overview
| Size | 10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 6700 items) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, subject files, photographs, tapes, clippings, and other material, circa 1920-1991, documenting the life of Isabella Walton Cannon (b. 1904), mayor of Raleigh, N.C., 1977-1979. Included is documentation of Cannon's activities as mayor, as well as material relating to her interests in women's rights, senior citizens, and other civic affairs, and correspondence and other items from her years as the wife of a U.S. State Department official serving in China and Liberia, 1945-1954. |
| Creator | Cannon, Isabella. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Scope and Content
Video and audio tapes featuring interviews with Isabella Walton Cannon and a small amount of printed material, chiefly relating to honors bestowed upon Cannon. A list of the contents of some of the tapes is filed with the materials.
"Oral History of the Macedonia Area," compiled and written by Isabella Cannon in 1972 for a cultural anthropology class. Photocopy of typescript, 69 p., about history and genealogy of the Macedonia community in Wake County, N.C. Original is in North Carolina Collection.
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Series Quick Links
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Series 1. Accessions of 1986 and 1987.
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Addition of September 1989 (Acc. 89111)
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Addition of July 1991 (Acc. 91093)
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Addition of September 1997 (Acc. 97040)
Processed by: Connie Cartledge, Mark Beasley, Tim West, September 1986, January 1987, September 1989 and subsequent additions
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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